Definition of Hectic: This Past Week
In no particular order… Final Exam and Research paper for Church History I Tested Positive for Typhoid and Paratyphoid Completed paperwork and deliveries to a) get a new passport and b) not go to jail Staton’s Quince Katherine Returned to the States Discovered that not only is my backup drive fried, but I also seem to not have my data (read: school papers) on my laptop drive, either (read: panic). I woke up today thinking that Staton had been 15 and Katherine had been in the States for at least two weeks. But no, just a few days. Note for future reference: research papers on...
Read MoreThe Katherine Card
I’ve decided that Katherine is not allowed to come to Bolivia. This is a significant change in plans, since Katherine is scheduled to arrive in Bolivia on Friday and she intends to stay through August. Here’s the problem. I will lose the Katherine Card. The Katherine Card works all manner of magic. Observe: Convincing Teenage Sister to Accept Medicine Lorien: “Staton, you have to take this medicine.” Staton: “Um, no. It does nothing for me.” Lorien: “It doesn’t matter if you think it does nothing for your symptoms, because it’ll stop you...
Read MoreMust Christians Obey Old Testament Law?
Here’s a small essay written in response to a question in my seminary class on the Old Testament. Christianity stands in direct connection with the covenants between God and humanity. Accordingly, Christians must study the history of God’s relationship with man and the principles He has communicated. The Abrahamic Covenant became an unconditional promise of God’s ultimate fulfillment of His promises to Abraham and his descendents. The Mosaic Law was a complement to the Abrahamic Covenant in that while the Abrahamic Covenant ensured a relationship between God and the...
Read MoreDesigning whilst Midterming
Take a look. New design. Not a single graphic serves as a structural or content element. Every piece is in type. I have additional bits of type-based elements I’m going to toss into the works, but – after midterms. I’ve oodles of bugs to work through with various nooks and crannies, and I need to reconstruct the archives and categories in full, but – after midterms. I’ve a midterm exam due tonight – two and a half hours on Old Testament history. This has been one of the most interesting courses I’ve had in a long time. I’m drafting up outlines...
Read MoreDecision: One Normal Year
I have had a rough semester, and it’s rather neatly of my own doing. I’ve been stretching out my burn-out for too long, and then this semester I began a graduate program. I had very good reasons for doing so, but the result has been rather ridiculously harrowing. In my first term (two 8-week terms per semester 19-week semester with a 1-week break in between) my books arrived in the third week. I never really did catch up out of sheer negligence. I spent the very last week and a half working almost constantly in order to fit eight weeks of 6 graduate credit hours into a handful of...
Read MoreAnalysis of Bolivia and How Evo Could *Truly* Win
We heard some fascinating political and legal analysis on current events from a top-notch specialist in Bolivian law. I’m not naming him here simply because I didn’t get his express permission to do so. Kindly, deal with it. I’m posting the analysis, and then we can all go about researching it as we wish. Prior to the Ambush in the Pando, Evo expelled almost all of the press. That is a significantly contributing factor as to why we have so little visible evidence and sound accounts of what really happened. Earlier today on a radio station in Cochabamba it was announced that...
Read MoreAbout Lorien
I vote as a libertarian influenced by Hayek and Burke, and I think as an anarchist guided by the biblical principles of liberty. I have fenced foil in a diaper-suit and run for political office in a skirt-suit, but my shoes were always fabulous. Both dreadful politics and inspiring design are likely to make me teary.
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